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75% of young people around the world report having skills to deal with climate change in their communities – but 69% have never participated in climate action Concern that voices of women and minority groups overlooked in current climate change policy 67% of young people feel leaders cannot address climate change alone Consistent call for young people to be included in policy decisions Young people around the world unanimously consider climate change to be the biggest threat facing the planet but many struggle to engage in meaningful action and have their voices heard, a British Council report published yesterday (10 September) has revealed. The Global Youth Letter Report used a mixed methodology approach including crowdsourcing to garner the views, experiences and aspirations of 8,000 young people aged 18-35 across 23 countries – including Brazil, India, Kenya, and the UK – about their perspectives on climate change. It found a strong, unanimous voice of young people on climate...

The British Council, the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities, has announced the winners of its global Women in STEM scholarships programme. Four women from Malaysia will be travelling to the UK in autumn 2021 to start their master’s degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects. The four Malaysian recipients of the scholarships are: Debbie Ann Loh – MSc International Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University Jaiswarry Sundaram – MSc Industrial Biotechnology at Liverpool John Moores University Nurimanina Najwa Shahrin – MSc Aquatic Pathobiology at University of Stirling Ilyana Hassya Azmannizam - MSc Earth Futures: Environments, Communities, Relationships at University of Glasgow ‘We are delighted to be able to support the career development of women in science through these scholarships, which support closer educational collaboration and exchange between the UK and Malaysia. We sincerely hope tha...

The British Council yesterday announced the recipients of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2021 in Malaysia at a virtual awarding ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. In total, eight UK alumni in Malaysia were recognised for their outstanding achievements as business professionals, entrepreneurs and community leaders, and for their important contribution to strengthening collaborative ties between the UK and Malaysia. The prestigious international award celebrates UK higher education and the achievements of UK alumni all over the world. Now in its seventh year, the award received more than 1,300 applications from international UK alumni in more than 114 countries, representing more than 148 UK higher education institutions across the UK. Following in-depth interviews with a judging panel, recipients were selected for the three award categories: Professional Achievement, Entrepreneurial, and Social Impact. The Professional Achievement Award, which recognises alumni who have distinguished themselves thro...

Applications for the latest round of the British Council’s Connections Through Culture (CTC) opens 16 October to 08 November 2020. The programme is a bilateral grants programme designed to seed exciting cultural exchanges between artists and arts organisations, and nurture cooperation and long-lasting relationships between the United Kingdom, and for 2020-2021, five Southeast Asian countries: Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. Connections Through Culture was created in Southeast Asia in August 2019 to promote arts and cultural exchange between the UK and Southeast Asia. This British Council arts grant is a first-of-its kind project to spark innovative ways for participants from five Southeast Asian countries and the UK to collaborate through the arts. The primary objective is to support exchanges and collaborations between the UK and Southeast Asia. Prior to Covid-19, this would have most likely involved international travel. However, with travel restricted an...